OLD in a Sentence

Learn OLD from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
404 example sentences for OLD, such as:
1. She liked old Ben Weatherstaff.
2. He's getting deafer in his old age.
3. Economy is the easy chair of old age.
4. He is twelve years old, she explained.
5. That old temple is hidden among trees.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of OLD
old
 a.  of long duration; not new
 a.  skilled through long experience
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  Then the old man's face wrinkled itself slowly into a new expression.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
2  She liked old Ben Weatherstaff.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
3  He is twelve years old, she explained.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
4  Ben Weatherstaff's face twisted itself in a dry old smile.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
5  "I'm no one," said old Ben dryly.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
6  I never knew I lived in such a big queer old place.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
7  The old lady whirled round, and snatched her skirts out of danger.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
8  Can't learn an old dog new tricks, as the saying is.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
9  Consound it, Tom Sawyer, you're just old pie, 'long-side o' what I am.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
10  This phase filled the old lady's heart with consternation.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
11  Mary had been rather tired of the old ones.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
12  It was a lonely place, and an hour made solemn by old traditions.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
13  Good, thought Huck, they will bury it in the old quarry.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
14  Well, then, the old thing commenced again.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I.
15  That pleased the old man till he couldn't rest.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V.
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  The letter was misdirected to our old address.
2  Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle, old age a regret.
3  Economy is the easy chair of old age.
4  The follies of youth are food for repentance in old age.
5  He's getting deafer in his old age.
6  He attained a good old age and died content.
7  Planning for their old age gives people an aim in life.
8  The old house has grown shabby with age.
9  There was an air of romance about the old castle.
10  We couldn't induce the old lady to travel by air.
11  A large proportion of old people live alone.
12  Although my car is very old, it still runs very well.
13  Although he's quite old he's still very active.
14  That old temple is hidden among trees.
15  Of young men die many, of old men escape not any.